Yet-Ming Chiang
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Yet-Ming Chiang (born April 25, 1958)[1] is a Taiwanese-American materials scientist and engineer, who is currently the Kyocera Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[2] He has been influential in the development of new materials for energy storage, transfer, and power of a variety of different devices and vehicles.
Chiang was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2009 for contributions to the understanding of new energy storage materials and their commercialization.
Background and career
[edit]Chiang was born in Taiwan, in 1958, and emigrated to the United States in 1964.[1] His SB and Sc.D. degrees, 1980 and 1985 respectively, are both from MIT.
He is the author of over 200 peer-reviewed publications and holds over 30 patents.
Chiang was the postdoctoral advisor for L'Oreal Awardee, Dorthe Ravnsbæk.
Entrepreneurship
[edit]Chiang has founded or provides expert consultation to a number of companies in the materials and energy storage spaces, including:
- 24M - Cambridge, Massachusetts startup investigating battery technology for planes and other aircraft[3]
- A123 Systems - automotive Lithium-ion battery maker, based out of Hangzhou, China and Livonia, Michigan.[4]
- American Superconductor - superconducting materials
- Desktop Metal - 3D printing of metal components[5]
- Form Energy - Iron-Air battery
- SpringLeaf Therapeutics - wearable biotechnology[6]
Awards
[edit]- 2009 - Elected to U.S. National Academy of Engineering[7]
- 2006 - R&D 100 Award[1]
- 2001 - Ross Coffin Purdy Award of the Ceramics Society[8]
- Fellow of the American Ceramic Society[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Yet-Ming Chiang | Lemelson-MIT Program". lemelson.mit.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
- ^ "Yet-Ming Chiang". mit.edu. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
- ^ "A powerful new battery could give us electric planes that don't pollute". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
- ^ "About A123 - Our Story". A123 Systems. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
- ^ Metal, Desktop. "Yet-Ming Chiang, Sc.D." Desktop Metal. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
- ^ Moretti, Enrico (2013). The New Geography of Jobs (1st ed.). Boston, Mass.: Mariner Books. p. 194. ISBN 978-0-544-02805-0.
- ^ "Dr. Yet-Ming Chiang". NAE Website. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
- ^ Society, Ceramic (2019). "Ross Coffin Purdy Award Recipients" (PDF).
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